Photographic album



April 1939- A. 'OPPIIERMANN 2,155,327

PHOTOGRAPHI C ALBUM Filed March 1, 1958 INVENTOR. HL FRED UPPERNfi/VNATr R Patented Apr. 18, 1939 PATENT OFFICE PHO TO GRAPHIC ALBUM AlfredOppermann, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to Katherine Oppermann, Cleveland,Ohio Application March 1, 1938, Serial No. 193,250

2 Claims.

This invention relates to photographic albums and more particularly toalbums of this type specifically constructed for properly supporting aplurality of unmounted photoprints. Presently used photographic albumsgenerally consist of blank books embodying a plurality of blank sheets,each of which is slitted or provided with tongues to permit of themarginal edges or corners of photoprints to be interlocked orinterengaged with the blank sheets. However, this type of albumgenerally necessitates mounting of the photographs on stiff card-boardto avoid their bending, curling and damage when the prints are insertedinto the slits of the blank sheets.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a simpler andmore practical album adapted to interchangeably mount a plurality ofphotographic prints without damage to the prints during mountingoperations, and such object is attained by releasably interconnectingthe prints to an elongated strip, zig-zag folding the strip at theabutting edges of the prints and securing the opposite ends of the thusfolded strip to a folder or cover member for enclosing the strip.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an album of the typereferred to above in which the side edges of adjoining prints of saidstrip are interconnected with each other by means of waterproof tapecovered with a sticky slow drying paste, in which one end of the stripis secured to a tongue on said folder and in which the other end of saidstrip is provided with a tongue slipped into a pocket of said folder,which pocket is arranged adjacent to the said tongue.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an album of thetype referred to above in which the elongated, folded strip ofinterconnected prints embodies tongue means at one end and between itsopposite ends, which means are slipped into and held in a pocket of saidfolder to insure a proper releasable connection between the folded stripand said folder.

In addition, the invention has certain other marked superiorities whichradically distinguish it from the presently known structures abovereferred to. These improvements or superiorities embodying certain novelfeatures of construction are clearly set forth in the followingspecification and the appended claims; and a preferred form ofembodiment of the invention is hereinafter shown with reference to theaccompanying drawing forming part of the specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the photographic album according to theinvention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the folder or cover of the album shownin Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the continuous strip made fromindividual photo prints, the strip being shown in zig-zag foldedcondition.

Fig. 4 is a perspective fragmentary View of the strip showing theconnection between the individual prints of the strip. I

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view through the album when in closedposition; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 5 through aslightly modified form of an album according to the invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, reference numeral 2represents a cover or folder of leather, fiber or other suitablematerial. This cover is made of an elongated strip of material the endportions 3, 3' of which are doubled back upon themselves in such afashion that the folder embodies double-walled front and rear covermembers 4, 4' respectively and a single-walled narrow back member 5.Preferably, doublewalled front and rear cover members 4 and 4' arestitched together by horizontal and vertical scams 6 and 1 respectively,which seams are arranged close to the marginal edges of the cover. Inaddition, the thus shaped folder 2 is provided with a tongue-like member8, arranged near the central portion of said folder and formed byslitting the inner end of the doubledback portion 3 on parallel lines asat 9, which inner end has the slitted portion preferably bent upwardlyand thus forms tongue-like member 8. The tongue-like member 8 is equalin width to the width of an elongated strip ll of photo prints I 2,which are secured to each other in edge abutting relationship by meansof narrow strips M of preferably transparent waterproof tape having oneside covered with a sticky, slow drying paste. Elongated strip l l ofphoto prints l2, which must include an even number of prints, is foldedin zigzag fashion upon itself and the front end l5 of said strip issecured to tongue member 8 by means of a narrow strip l6 of tapecovering the abutting edges of member 8 and strip II. The rear end ofthe strip H has secured thereto a tongue member H, which member abutsthe edge of the last photo print l8 and is secured thereto by a tapestrip I9. Tongue member I! which is preferably creased to permit of itsbending is inserted into a pocket 20 formed in the double-walled frontcover member 4, and secures the rear end of strip I l to cover 2.

The described photographic album effects proper mounting of individualphoto prints in a book-shaped folder and secures flat support of theindividual prints without danger of damage by curling, as both sideedges of each print are securely held in place by the connecting tapestrips I4, and as the front and rear edges of the zigzag strip are heldin proper position by tongue members 8 and 11 respectively.

Should it be desirable to mount a large number of individual prints infolder 2, then it is advisable to use one or more additional tonguemembers adapted to hold the strip H in proper position with respect tothe back of the folder 2. Such a structure is shown in Fig. 6 in whichstrip H is provided with an additional tongue member 2| arranged betweenthe opposite ends of said strip. Additional tongue member 2| ispreferably sleeved into pocket 20 but may of course be secured to folder2 in any other suitable manner.

The use of waterproof tape covered with a slow drying paste such as alatex product permits of tape strips l4 being readily removed withoutdamage to the prints so that photo prints for a long period can readilybe taken out or inserted into strip H.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A photographic album comprising a cover embodying double-walled frontand rear cover members and a single-walled back, a tongue-like extensionat the inside end of the inner wall of the front cover member, a stripof photoprints made of abutting individual prints hingedly connectedwith each other and folded back upon themselves in a zigzag fashion attheir joints, means securing one end of said strip to said tongue-likeextension, and means at the other end of said strip securing said otherend to said front wall cover adjacent to its tongue-like extension.

2. A photographic album embodying a cover made of an elongated strip ofmaterial having its end portions doubled back upon themselves andstitched together by seams adjacent to the marginal edges of said coverto form double-walled, pocketed front and rear cover portionsinterconnected by a one-walled back portion, tongue-like means extendingfrom the inner face of one of the cover portions adjacent to the backportion of said cover, and a strip of photoprints made of individualprints hingedly connected to each other in abutting relation by means ofstrips of tape to permit of zigzag folding of said strip without injuryto the prints, means for connecting one end of said strip to saidtonguelike means on the one of said cover members, and

tongue means on the other end of said strip adapted to be sleeved intoone of the pockets of said double-walled cover members for connectingthe said other end of said strip to said cover.

ALFRED OPPERMANN,

